The sun’s setting earlier and the nights are getting chilly. Most afternoons I start a fire in the cookstove, and last night it was beef stew and biscuits for supper. And that reminded me of a piece I wrote several years ago – Making Biscuit. Here.
Yes, we 2,000 plus citizens of Lincolnville have differing political views, views that run from one extreme to the other. But in the end, when we’re up against some seemingly overwhelming problem, we ignore those differences, get out the pots and pans, whip up some food and have a supper. A public supper.
When Jackie and Maurice Watts were both facing cancer diagnoses at the same time, the fire department pulled out all the stops and put on an unforgettable supper for them, raising thousands of dollars along with raising their spirits. It was a collective “thank you” card from the whole town to a couple who had themselves contributed greatly to our community over the years.